Drupal: open-source publishing from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
I hung out Monday night with Dries Buytaert, founder and creator of Drupal, the open source content management system that is now powering tens of thousands of websites, including Ourmedia, The Onion, Sony Music artists (see myplay.com) and many others. Also spent time with Jay Batson, co-founder of Acquia, which just launched an important new partnership with Drupal on Tuesday.
In this 11-minute interview, Dries talks about Drupal, the power of open source publishing, and a new partnership with Acquia, the Boston-area company that gives citizen publishers a free publishing platform and tech support to get it up and running.
Watch video in H.264 QuickTime on Ourmedia (at 480 pixels wide)
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JD Lasica, founder of Inside Social Media, is also a fiction author and the co-founder of the cruise discovery engine Cruiseable. See his About page, contact JD or follow him on Twitter.
Thanks, JD. Really enjoyed this one. I’ve been looking into launching a personal project (I think you know the one) via Drupal. This has inspired me even more!
I work at Warner Bros records – we use drupal to power all of our artist sites, fanclubs, and more! Its a big part of our strategy.
http://www.idinamenzel.com is a great example of drupal powering an online business – fan site and fan club – We’ve got a lot of work to do with drupal, but i’ve been impressed so far.
Great interview.
I did my masters thesis on Drupal and always tried to interview Dries but couldn’t get to him. This is a great resource.
Right afterward we went down the street and had a great dinner at Two restaurant, joined by his business partner, Jay, the CEO of Acquia.